Screen-bed.



A. O. S. JONES.

SCREEN BED.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1910.

9?9 ,5Q6 Patented Dec.27,1910.

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SCREEN BED.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1910.

9"?9,5G6, Patented Dec.27,1910.

ANNIE 0. s/(ronns, on s HREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

SCREEN-BED.

erases.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNIE O. S. Joivns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shreveport, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Screen-Bed, of which the following is I a. specification.

This invention relates to screen beds for use by young children or adults and its object is to provide a compact device of this character which can be collapsed so as to be readily stored in a small space and conveniently transported.

A further object is to provide a bed of this character adapted to be mounted for swinging movement, the panels constituting the side and end walls of the bed being formed of screens which serve to prevent flies or other insects from annoying the occupantof the bed.

Another object is to provide a bed of this character having a novel form of cover which can be readily set up or removed and collapsed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings ;-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bed constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, one of the side panels and its door being swung outwardly, certain of the positions assumed by the side panels being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the bed body with the lower portion thereof in section and the near side panels removed, certain of the positions assumed by the end panels, being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a section through one end. portion of the body, said section being taken on the line AB Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section through a portion of one side of the body of the bed, said section being takenon the line OD Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a section through one corner portion of the body, said section being taken on the line F.F Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a transverse section through the roof portion of the bed, one of the positions of the roof end and stretcher being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the roof stretcher and support.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 19, 1910.

Patented Dec. 2'7, 191%. Serial No. 582,700.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 and 2 designate standards each of which has downwardly diverging legs 3 at its lower end and these standards are connected by a strip 4 provided, at its ends, with stop blocks 5 arranged upon the lower face of the strip and adapted to bear against the standards when they are perpendicular to the strip. Standard 1 is connected to the strip 4 by a hinge 6 having an L-shaped leaf 7 secured upon the strip 4 and upstanding therefrom so that, when the standard 1 is swung relative to the strip, it will be supported thereabove by the L-shaped leaf 7. The other standard 2, however, is connected to the strip at by an ordinary hinge 8 both leaves of which are straight so that, when standard 2 is swung toward the strip 4:, it will rest thereon and between said strip and the other standard 1.

The two standards are provided, at their upper ends, with notches or openings 9 for the reception of trunnions 10 extending from the ends of the bed body. These trunnions are secured to and extend from the upper portions of the end panels 10 of the bed body, each of these panels consisting of a strong top strip 11 which may be formed of metal or hard wood or the like, this strip 11 being attached to the upper ends of the side pieces 12 of the frame and these side pieces being attached at their lower ends to the bottom strip 18 of the frame of the end panel. A screen 14 is secured to these strips and completes the end panel.

The bottom frame of the bed of side and end strips 15 and having inwardly flanges 16 along the The two end panels 10 ed to the end portions of this frame 15, as shown at 17, one of the end panels being connected to the bottom frame so as to lie flat upon the flanges 16 when said end panel is swung inwardly upon the frame 15 while the other end panel is adapted, when folded into the frame 15, to rest upon the other end panel 10. This will be apparent by referring to Fig. 3 wherein one of the end panels is shown, in dotted lines, resting on the flanges 16 while the other end panel is shown, in dotted lines, partly folded down onto the first mentioned panel.

The outer side edges of the strips 12 are rabbeted, as indicated at 18 in Fig. 6 so as to receive the end strips of side panels 19,

body consists preferably of metal directed longitudinal lower edges thereof.

are hingedly connecteach of the side p a frame havi nected to it and when closed. E screen, as clearly indicated in Double hinges 21 a. of the frame 15 and of said frame an and the door 20. the door is capab the panel frame 1 can be swung into pos bed body or can be dotted lines in Fig. is connected to the hinge and is adapted frame 15. Dowel pin tended from the end frame 19, these pins ject into recesses 2 strips 12.

The doors positions wi hooks and eye devices may be emplo ends of the side pane 18 in the end panels.

Buttons 25 are arran edge portions of th and are adapted to be e portions of a stretched over has slots 27 in t which are adapte ing upwardly These eyes are enga trunnions 29 f extending from 31, this rod and t stretcher for a supp 32. This shield consis of fabric the side por adapted to engage the panels 19. By swingl wa-rdly the ro 32 and hold i cover 26. An a1 between the cove or sun shield bed will there the heat of the sun w out of doors.

bed can be re swinging the stret 26 and then unbu cover or sun shield 32. then be spread apart so as trunnions 29 from the eyes ing the stretche buttoned and pul which the bed body may ng standards an onto the frame 1 lso folded onto said its supporti 10 folded the side panels is a ng a door adapted to be with any suitthem in closed frames 19 and table fastening fastening the ls within the rabbets 20 are provided able fasteners 24 for securin thin the panel s or other su1 ged along the upper de and end panels ngaged by the edge ver 26 which is This cover he end portions t d to receive eyes from the en 'ed by inwardly dire at the ends of arms 30 the end portions 0 the bed body.

hereof and 28 extendpanels 10. cted f a rod he arms constituting a lemental cover or shield ts of a single piece tions of which are ttons along the side ng the arm 30 upll stretch the shield t taut and spaced r space will thus r 26 and the upper cover f the from the be formed 32 and the occu fore be better protected from bed is located adily collapsed by 0 the cover ttoning the supplemental The arms 30 can to disengage their 28, thus detacher 26 can be unled off of the eyes 28 after be removed from d the end panel 5 while one of 7 frame l bed body including a bottom frame, end i cher rod 31 ont anels being in the form of and the other side panel folded under the 20 hingedly consaid frame. Standards 1 and 2 can then seated therein ach door is in the form of a Figs. 1 and 6. re arranged at one side are secured to the bottom to the panel frame 19 It will thus be seen that le of swinging relative to 9 and the said panel frame ition at the side of the lowered as shown by The other side panel frame 15 by an ordinary to swing onto the said s 22 are preferably exportions of the panel being adapted to pro- 3 formed in the side be swung onto the strip a and the entire device can thus be stored within a small space. It is only necessary to reverse the foregoing operation in order to set up the device and make it ready for use. The flanges 16 formed on the bottom frame 15 are adapted to supportslats 33 or the like on which the mattress is placed.

Instead of hanging the bed body from the standards 1, the same may be supported by chains or the like from the ceiling or other structure and openings 3& can therefore be formed within the strips 11 so as to receive the supporting chains if used.

While the device which has been described is particularly designed for use by children, it is to be understood of course that they can be made on a large scale for use by adults. Moreover in lieu of the supports shown and described, it will be apparent that other forms of support may be employed whereby the bed may be held in any position desired.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a bed body, of a flexible cover stretched thereover and detachably secured thereto, a supplemental cover detachably secured to opposite portions of the bed and extending over the first mentioned cover, and means movably mounted upon the bed body forstretching and supporting the middle portion of the supplemental cover.

2. A. bed body including a bottom frame, end screens hingedly connected thereto and foldable thereon, said screens constituting end walls, side frames hingedly connected to the bottom frame, means for securing the side frames to the end panels, and screen doors hingedly connected to the side frames.

3. A bed body including a bottom frame, screens hingedly connected to and foldable on the bottom frame, said screens constituting end panels, means for supporting said end panels, side frames hingedly connected to the bottom frame and foldable thereon, means for detachably securing the frames and end panels together, and a screen door movably connected to each side frame.

4. A bed body including a bottom frame having inwardly direct-ed supporting flanges,

end screens hingedly connected to the frame screens hingedly connected thereto and constituting end panels, means upon said screens for engagii'ig the standards, side panels hingedly connected to the bottom frame, means for detachably securing the side and end panels together, and a cover detachably mounted upon the panels.

6. The combination with a foldable support including spaced standards, of a bed body including a bottom frame, screens hingedly connected to the ends thereof and foldable into the frame, said screens constituting end panels, trunnions upon the screens for engaging the standards, side panels hingedly connected to the bottom frame and foldable thereagainst, means for detachably securing the panels together, a flexible cover detachably engaging the panels and stretched therebetween, a stretching device detachably engaging the end panels and disposed above said cover, and a supplemental cover d-etachably engaging opposed panels and contacting with the stretching device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ANNIE O. S. JONES.

Witnesses:

T. P. HALL, W. T. ATKINs. 

